Dont forget to add some pics on the building procress. I'd like to learn how to build a marionette and pictures are my best tutor.

Thanks

Hello Sonny and puppeteers all over the world,

here are some pictures of the two marionettes I'm working on. Like the head and shoulderpuppet I made the head first in clay. Then I made a mold so I could make the head in apoxie. Then I did some painting with acrylic paint. I also made the torso, legs and feet of one of the puppets. To Marty I want to say that the control I use is the czech control. I make some changes to the control so  I can move the hands in a different way. Pictures of the control will follow.

  Johian

Some more pictures.

  Johian

Nice work!

Marty

Oooh I love it! I'm going to be making a marionette soon, so I'm getting all sorts of ideas from your pics!

Is the body flat, or will you add material around the wood?

Looks like you are getting on with a great start.  Thanks for sharing and keep teasing us with your pictures.....we all love them.

Daryl H

Oooh I love it! I'm going to be making a marionette soon, so I'm getting all sorts of ideas from your pics!

Is the body flat, or will you add material around the wood?

Hello Na,
when we will make the clothes, I will add some filling ... I know, during the middle ages there wasn't much food, but Bruges was a very prosperous city, and being a knight, he may look well fed   

Cool - that's what I thought. I haven't made any wooden marionettes, so looking at your pictures I'm getting a good idea of how to do one.

Hey Johian:

The YouTube video you link to in another post is the Emily Decola video I mentioned in my P.M. the other day asking about your control.  And, thanks for posting the pictures of the control and the stringing.  It is very similar to the German control style I asked about.

Excellent work!

Marty

Hi puppeteers,

I'm still working on the marionettes looking fore pictures of clothing of the middle adges. Now I received the message that  I have to make more marionettes for an other play but I have not much time left to make them. So I thought to duplicate some parts by molding them. Is there anyone who has some experience with this?
Surfing on the net I found some info: making the mold can be done with silicone rubber - the original part can be taken out very easy out of the mold and to make the duplicate I must use polyurethane. Is this correct?

Johian